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Saturday Morning Quarterback

During the height of the Pete Rose gambling scandal years ago, a colleague asked me what was the big deal. What was wrong with placing a harmless bet? My colleague has since passed away. But his question is being answered 18 years later in the form of the Tim Donaghy scandal. And it may prove to be...

Hamilton Sr. to be honored at Toyota Tundra 200 race

The late Bobby Hamilton Sr. will be remembered during the pre-race show before the Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Aug. 11 at Nashville Superspeedway. The track honored the Mt. Juliet driver before itâ€™s season-opening Busch Series race in April. But the truck race will m...

MJ Little League Grizzlies only four games away from the World Series

The 13-14 year old Mt. Juliet Little League Grizzlies are four games away from going to the Little League World Series. â€œItâ€™s very exciting knowing you are four games away from playing in the Little League World Series,â€ said Grizzlies head coach David Wright. The Grizzlies defea...

UT-transfer headlines recruiting class

Despite a 48-20-1 record and another trip to the NAIA World Series, the spring of 2007 exposed several holes in Cumberlandâ€™s baseball team Coach Woody Hunt has spent the summer trying to fill. With a month left before the fall semester begins [ending the recruiting season], Hunt has plugged ...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Years ago, a young baseball coach destined for greatness crossed paths with a young baseball player bound for superstardom at spring training camp. Woody Hunt was taking time off from building Cumberland Universityâ€™s baseball program into a power when he worked spring training as a minor-lea...

High school teams start hitting

According to the TSSAA calendar, today is the first day of fall football practice. In reality, itâ€™s only the first day in pads. Practice for most high school teams began in helmets and shorts three weeks ago when the mid-summer dead period ended and other preparations commenced the moment te...

Tennessee teams in winner's final

The hometown Wilson County Longhorns will be playing for their seasons today while a pair of Tennessee teams look to advance to the finals of the Continental Amateur Baseball Association 14-under World Series. The Longhorns overcame an early 1-0 deficit to drop Green Bay East into the loserâ€™...

Struggling in Cup, Toyotas thriving in Truck Series

NASHVILLE â€” Toyota has more than held its own since it began producing vehicles to race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2004. The Japanese auto maker has seen 32 of its trucks in Victory Lane and 43 capture poles in the 88 races it has competed in going into this weekendâ€™s eve...

Longhorns advance as No. 4 seed

The preliminaries are over. The Continental Amateur Baseball Association 14-under World Series has been sliced from 18 teams to eight. And the Wilson County Longhorns are one of the fortunate few who get to play on. The Longhorns finished pool play at 4-2 with their fourth straight win Tuesday, an ...

Packers beat Seahawks â€” Not

Green Bay beat Seattle 6-3 Monday. But it wasnâ€™t an exchange of field goals between the Packers vs. the Seahawks. It wasnâ€™t the NFL. It wasnâ€™t even football. It was Green Bay East posting the victory over the Bombers in Phase 3 of the Continental Amateur Baseball Association 14...